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Re: the fans no longer turn on and the inverter shuts
YOu can replace the small fans and it will work fine. Go to newark,com and they have very small cooling fans like that.Same ones that computers have for cooling. You will have to open things up and get some numbers and dimensions.
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A P6 error code occurs when the pressure of the system goes below a certain value. This is caused when the pressure of the system is too low for the unit to operate. ... If the pipe isn't hot, then the system is low on refrigerant and there could be a possible leak somewhere.Mar. 25, 2021
Hi, the tech should have been able to figure the stat out with out a manual to see why the condenser is shutting off at 1:00 P.M. This is unusual for this to happen, unless it was winter and this is a heat-pump going into defrost, but just the fan would shut down. Does this unit have a box on it that was installed by your electric company that shuts the unit off during high peak conditions in the summer? This would cause it to shut down at the same time everyday. If not, it would have to be something in the thermostat that is set for it to shut off at that time. It still does not make since, as it would shut both the indoor and outdoor unit off, not just the condenser. Are you saying that just the condenser fan motor is shutting off, but the compressor continues to run until it shuts off on high head pressure when the fan stops, or does the complete outdoor unit shut down fan, compressor and all at that time??. It sounds to me like this outdoor unit has a time delay relay that has a fault in it may be shutting it off at this time daily? Please let me know if its just the condenser fan motor that shuts off, or if the complete unit is shutting off all together, this will help . Sincerely, Shastalaker7 A/C, Heating,
My unit turns on works for a while then shuts down, fan would not re-start every cycle, causing over heating and shut down, cleaned the fan, oiled the bearings, cleaned all the elec. connections, seems to work now.
In some cases the fan will keep running to remove all the heat from the heat exchanger.It can be set to run shorter or longer.You might check that out.
Dust on the inside of the unit can cause the overload switch to shut many vornados down. Blowing the dust out of the unit with compressed air or a blower may help.
Another problem that causes vornados to stop working (light on - no heat no fan) is when one of the bearings starts to go bad in the unit. This causes the fan to be slower and less effective and the unit’s inability to move the heat away from the thermal overload switch again causes it to shut down.
Though you could remove the front and rear bearings and try to get replacements if it's even replaceable ... Once the bearing starts to go bad there is little that can be done ... HOWEVER, here is one solution to get more life out of the unit.
First, use a blower to blow all the dust out of the unit. Then, because it is typically the front bearing that goes bad first, lay the vornado on it’s back (so the unit would be blowing air up toward the ceiling), this will relieve the front bearing somewhat and rely more on the rear bearing which tends to last longer.
The vornados I’ve had are all thermistor units ... that is, they don’t just turn on and off when the set temp is reached but in fact slow themselves down (both heat and fan) to keep some level of air circulation in the room. This is a good thing by the way. There are usually two toggle switches .... one is a heat switch - usually Low & High .... the other is the thermistor switch (this sometimes is labeled “fan”) - usually Auto & High.
Once the unit is on its back ... Now, change the settings as follows: Turn the Heat switch to LOW Turn the Fan switch to HIGH Turn the dial (with the temperature in degrees on it) to the lowest setting - which is somewhere around 60’ish.
Now turn the unit on and it should stay working. Three things that could cause it to turn back off ... You turn the Fan switch back to Auto. You turn the Heat switch back to High You turn the temperature selection dial too high ... though, you can cautiously turn the dial up a few degrees at a time ... the unit will start shutting down again when you set the temp too high ... then just dial it back down ... unplug for a couple minutes, then turn back on.
A little late for a reply; you probably have replaced it by now.
I suspect it shuts down because the fan is no longer turning on and there is probably a thermal shutoff switch near or on the magnetron to prevent the chance of fire.
Sometimes too much dust around the heating elements can cause the heater to switch off to prevent a fire. Check for dust build up first. You can try using a can of compressed air that can be found at many electronic stores.
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